1. (

• street

) a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" ;

2. (

• street ,

) the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street" ;

3. (

• street

) the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street" ;

4. (

• street ,

) a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" ;

5. (

• street

) people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights" ;